- Irina Arkadina
- Konstantin Treplyov
- Trigorin
- Nina
The play centers on the romantic and artistic conflicts between four theatrical characters: the ingenue Nina, the fading leading lady Irina, her son the playwright Konstantin and the famous middle-brow story writer Trigorin. The play has a strong intertextual relationship with Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The Cherry Orchard
- Lyubov Ranevskaya
- Varya
- Anya
- Gayev
- Dunyasha
- Yermolay Alekseyevich Lopakhin
Lyubov returns to her Russian country house with her adopted daughter Varya and her real daughter Anya. Her main problem is her lack of money and her orchard is consequently sold in auction to Lopakhin, a man whose ancestors were serfs on the property. In the end the orchard is chopped down by Lopakhin.
Three Sisters
- Olga Prozorov
- Masha Prozorov
- Irina Prozorov
- Andrey Prozorov
- Natasha Ivanovna
- Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershininw
Olga, Masha, Irina and Andrey are left stranded in a provincial backwater after the death of their army general father. They focus their dreams on returning to Moscow, a city they remember as a place where happiness is possible. Olga works as a schoolteacher, Masha is married unhappily to Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin, Irina dreams of going to Moscow and meeting her true love, and Andrey is in love with Natasha Ivanovna. Andrey marries Natasha and has a child and Masha begins an affair with Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin.
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